Eldrazi Displacer in W/x Death & Taxes decklist
Modern forum
Posted on Jan. 21, 2016, 9:47 p.m. by TheCeltic814
Will Eldrazi Displacer become a staple in modern D&T lists? It seems so powerful with pieces that are already in the deck like Flickerwisp, Kitchen Finks, Blade Splicer, Tidehollow Sculler, Wasteland Strangler, etc. Also, the ability to blink opponent's creatures before combat and tricks you can do. I'm in magical christmas land right now?
jandrobard says... #3
I don't play modern D&T, but it seems usable and abusable if it doesn't get removed.
January 21, 2016 10:23 p.m.
I'm not sure if it's a good fit. 3/3 for 
is definitely something that D&T would be looking for. However I'm not sure that 
to blink something would be worthwhile...
January 21, 2016 10:28 p.m.
SwaggyMcSwagglepants says... #5
So hyped about in death and taxes. It's a mana sink, and since they can vial stuff out, it's not really mana deficient. And the ability can be used in combat to take away big blockers. Also, it's REAL GOOD against affinity and Tron since it can blink etched champion and emrakul (emrakul has a when you cast not etb ability so no additional time walks).
Now way it's not at LEAST a two of.
January 21, 2016 10:54 p.m.
There are some funny things you can do with it in Modern.
Eldrazi Displacer + Daring Thief -> Get their creature and give them the Thief... Flicker Thief to get it back... since it comes back tapped, you get to do it again on your untap set.
You can also use Perplexing Chimera to control all the spells.
January 21, 2016 11:03 p.m.
SwaggyMcSwagglepants says... #7
Extended would be so fun right now... Sigh.
January 21, 2016 11:09 p.m.
Doesnt do anyting on etb.. flickering it does nothing.. Costs 6 mana.. or 1 mana and the turns to set up aether vial... where almost at any stage there are better ways to spend your mana..
Matter Reshaper on the other hand.. could function as a psuedo kitchen finks that draws cards instead and is recoverable with Sword of Light and Shadow.
January 22, 2016 4:42 a.m.
SwaggyMcSwagglepants says... #9
@Ryotenchi doesn't work with blink though.
January 22, 2016 6:28 p.m.
Uh... Brace yourself.. Duh?...
That other one is a completely watered down and useless version of Flickerwisp... If it has a place at all.. no more than a 1 of.. Id rather Stonecloaker.. Costs that 3 mana, has a body.. has flying.. can exile stuff for your stranglers at that... returns to your hand if you dont need it in play.
Just too bad it cant be declared as a blocker.. Id buy another one.. ;(
January 22, 2016 9:54 p.m.
I like it. It's at a good mana spot to leave Vial at, is great in grindy games where it's a must answer, and at worst is just a 3/3. Not going to be a 4 of by any stretch of the imagination, but I like it as a 2-3 of, depending on what you plan on playing against.
January 23, 2016 6:41 a.m.
SwaggyMcSwagglepants says... #12
@Ryotenchi Stonecloaker doesn't do anything against the bigger decks like Tron and infect. Displacer can blink their dudes and they come back tapped so the d&t player can crack back. It's also really 3 mana because of vial.
Obviously, it not a 3 or 4 of. 2 of is where I see it at, with the rare chance of another one in the board.
January 23, 2016 8:50 p.m.
SwaggyMcSwagglepants says... #13
Stonecloaker would probably be better in orzhov d&t since they don't have enough colorless to activate displacer. Mono white is salivating over displacer though.
January 23, 2016 8:53 p.m.
So what DnT list running Wasteland Strangler, isnt running 
? Cuz uh.. yeh.. Thats exactly why I said its good for that.
SC is still better. Still 6 mana to do what you want... and can be done at instant speed without vial.. and has the added bonus of exiling potential snapcaster targets..
...or I just thought of this one... Flashing it in response to Goryo's Vengeance..
January 23, 2016 9:37 p.m.
Ryotenchi Are you just ignoring the fact that it's repeatable?
January 24, 2016 7:21 a.m.
So if you're going to ignore what the card does, why on earth are you commenting on how good it is?
January 24, 2016 2:25 p.m.
I figured you would say that.. So who among you two actually plays death and taxes? ...and why aren't you on TheMTGSALV DnT PRIMER.
So lets see if a question I answered was asked...
'Will Eldrazi Displacer become a staple in modern D&T lists?'
It is not something we dont already have much better versions of and will likely be a casual fun of or a personal preference. NOT A STAPLE.
If you cant get what I just said for the 3rd time.. Im just going to assume you dont speak english well.
January 24, 2016 8:19 p.m.
Being on the primer is wholly irrelevant when you're judging a card while ignoring it's text. If you can't understand why that makes your opinion on the card meaningless, I'm just going to assume you don't how Magic works.
January 24, 2016 8:27 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #20
I'd play it if it's ability didn't cost colourless. And was 2 mana. At 3 mana it's too pricy and too slow. Flickerwisp is indeed better because it has evasion, so it's a threat on its own, ETB ability so it can be vialed and activated at no cost at instant speed, and can target things other than creatures. Which is quite important against affinity and tron (targeting their lands/planeswalkers on their upkeep).
January 26, 2016 6:24 a.m.
I've played with Eldrazi Displacer in three modern events as a four of since the release, and he has been amazing. He makes combat math on the board way harder for the opponent which often times turns into free attacks for me, then I do other stuff. I also run main board Mangaras and that combo has locked more than one player out of the game.
January 27, 2016 8:28 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #23
It might make sense in a mono-white build running lots of GC's and Tec Edges. But I honestly don't see how you can be running this in an aggro heavy format full of affinity, zoo, merfolk, infect and RDW. Too gimmicky and should be focusing on aggro hate instead.
January 27, 2016 7:48 p.m.
My local meta has a lot of Tron and decks like KnightfallIt also has Merfolk, a Jund list that is not all the way there (they are missing some Lilis and Goyfs), Scapeshift, Mono Black Eldrazi, Living End, things like that
January 28, 2016 8:27 a.m.
you can do well with any card.. especially against bad cards... doesnt make it good versus proven efficient cards that you dont need more of.
Now if they ban Flickerwisp..
January 28, 2016 6:15 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #26
Your meta is quite slow and easily disrupted. No wonder you can run that card.
January 28, 2016 8:37 p.m.
Green/White and Blue/White Hate bears are also played here as well as soul sisters, burn, and affinity. There's a Boggles player, a Black/Red aggro player and I occasionally run Goblins.
Scouty says... #2
Maybe not a staple, but certainly playable. I'd play it
January 21, 2016 9:50 p.m.